Bess has an outing.

Britsmoothy · Nov 13, 2020

Nothing to exciting but after picking her up the other day I felt pity for her, locked up for months.

Tipping 100g of medium powder in her.

Then the card wads and fouling control.

Then near 1&3/4oz of shot.

That resulted in me missing a rising bird! I struggle with Bess and wing shooting so I reloaded her and went stalking of which got me a tasty meal. A two for one deal.

So there you go. Nothing to exciting except that in a corner of the old country and Italian Bess collected some ingredients to a forth coming meal.

R.J.Bruce · Nov 13, 2020

NICE!!

Pheasant under a glass lid on the stew pot? Just curious, do you ever wing shoot with the .45 smooth rifle? I am leaning towards a non-traditional, .50 caliber (37.4 gauge), Spanish escopeta, with a padilla flintlock. Something that weighs in around 6.5 pounds.

Britsmoothy · Nov 13, 2020

R.J.Bruce said:
NICE!!

Pheasant under a glass lid on the stew pot? Just curious, do you ever wing shoot with the .45 smooth rifle? I am leaning towards a non-traditional, .50 caliber (37.4 gauge), Spanish escopeta, with a padilla flintlock. Something that weighs in around 6.5 pounds.

I do yes. The Kentucky style rifle I find comes up and follows a moving target like a fine shotgun.

Rifleman1776 · Nov 13, 2020

Nice. Birds will be tasty. I loved shooting my Ped. Bess when I could still lift it.

Roundball2319 · Nov 13, 2020

My stomach is grumbling just from me looking at your up coming meal. Enjoy.

hanshi · Nov 13, 2020

Nice birds, Nate. Your Bess is a good looking gun, and the Bess appeals to me like all nice guns. They seem to be dandy guns to hunt with. :thumb:

Old Timer 48 · Nov 13, 2020

Nice job! Fun stuff!

tenngun · Nov 13, 2020

I love your charger Brit.
I can look the border ruffian of the middle farmer but I do get jealous sometimes of your whole English Gentleman’s equipment sometimes.

MountainSmoke · Nov 13, 2020

Excellent! Any time you put meat in the pot with a military musket it is exiting. Good work.

Britsmoothy · Nov 14, 2020

tenngun said:
I love your charger Brit.
I can look the border ruffian of the middle farmer but I do get jealous sometimes of your whole English Gentleman’s equipment sometimes.

It's nothing fancy brother. I spotted it decades ago in a store someplace.

bisleyjohn · Nov 14, 2020

I am drooling over both the Bess and the bag.

smo · Nov 14, 2020

Congrats Brits on another great outing!

Do they taste like chicken?

Probably Better! Lol

kemart17 · Nov 14, 2020

Britsmoothy said:
Nothing to exciting but after picking her up the other day I felt pity for her, locked up for months.

Tipping 100g of medium powder in her.
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Then the card wads and fouling control.
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Then near 1&3/4oz of shot.
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That resulted in me missing a rising bird! I struggle with Bess and wing shooting so I reloaded her and went stalking of which got me a tasty meal. A two for one deal.
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So there you go. Nothing to exciting except that in a corner of the old country and Italian Bess collected some ingredients to a forth coming meal.

have to say. a hunt like that takes me back yrs. hunting with my dad. hunt would be more exciting to me then shooting a deer.

toot · Nov 14, 2020

thanks' for sharing with us!!

George · Nov 14, 2020

smo said:
Do they taste like chicken?

Two cavemen sitting by a fire, one of them is roasting a chicken on a stick. He says, "I don't know what it's called, but it tastes like everything."

Good job, Brits. I always look forward to your reports.

Spence

Jay Templin · Nov 14, 2020

Waiting on the deer with one of my Pedersoli Besses today!

wvbuckbuster · Nov 14, 2020

You did good. Always enjoy your pictures and stories. Dan.

toot · Nov 15, 2020

and the beat goes on! it just gets better!!

wgg · Nov 15, 2020

You are an inspiration, I was checking the patterns on my Navy Arms double 12 this afternoon.

bud in pa · Nov 15, 2020

Those pheasants bring back memories, Thanks Brit.

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